Radio Waves: Yo La Tengo taking requests to help WFMU

Yo La Tengo will play listeners’ cover song requests in exchange for WFMU-FM (91.1) pledges — live on the “Todd-o-phonic Todd” show 3 to 6 p.m. March 18.

Listens can go to www.wfmu.org, request a song request in advance (be sure “Todd-o-phonic Todd” is listed next to “Credit my pledge to,” and write your song request in the comments) and submit a $100 pledge to the Jersey City-based station,

After recently completing an eight-part series called “Living in Live Time” (about the impact social media is having on the self-esteem on young people), WINS-AM (1010) is following it up with an empowerment campaign called, “I Decide Today.”

The six-month campaign is targeted at young people to help them deal with cyber-bullying.

“We believe that there are some great anti-bullying campaigns out there but they all seem to focus on stopping the bully,” said Ben Mevorach, director of news and programming. “Our campaign specifically goes to young people — so that when a bully strikes, his/her impact will have little to know value or impact. We think this is a more effective way to deal with this growing social media issue.”

Singer Alessia Cara is a partner in the WINS campaign.

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Pandora is now offering "Pandora Premium," its first ever on-demand streaming tier.

Reportedly, invitations for a free trial will roll out to select listeners beginning this week, and an option to upgrade will be available to all listeners over the coming weeks.

“With Premium, we’re leveraging our immense trove of data and everything we’ve learned about personalization to offer a listening experience that sets a new standard for what a music service should be,” said founder/CEO Tim Westergren.

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NASCAR and SiriusXM announced a six-year renewal to extend their broadcasting and marketing agreement through 2022.
SiriusXM will continue to deliver 24/7 racing content to millions of listeners across North America, including live broadcasts of every race, plus daily talk and interviews with voices across the industry through its NASCAR Radio channel.

The agreement extension also allow SiriusXM to retain exclusive category rights to utilize NASCAR branding and trademarks for advertising and promotion.

“Ridin' Out” puts hiphop artists in the hot seat, having them freestyle while riding in one of DJ Magic's exotic cars. If the freestyle is hot, Magic lets themstay along for the ride; if it’s not, they exit wherever DJ Magic stops the car.

A new episode will be posted every Tuesday on WQHT’s YouTube channel.

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Station breaks

If you are in New York City early on March 17, join WAXQ-FM (104.3) and the “Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show” for their 14th annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast, broadcasting live from 5 to 10 a.m. at Connolly's, 14 E. 47th St. As tradition goes, the first 200 listeners will receive a free Irish breakfast. … WXPK-FM (107.1), The Peak, will celebrate its 13th birthday with “An Evening with Dawes” 8 p.m. June 16 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. Tickets to the concert, available at www.thecapitoltheatre.com, are $35 to $600.